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I know you are here for some great and truly easy to use tips on how to write book blurbs that sell, but first, an admission… I have a degree in advertising. I worked for multiple newspapers helping small business owners develop ads and advertising campaigns. Then I became a traditionally published author and just … [Read more…]

One of the biggest challenges I find in writing is picking the perfect title. Book titles, story or essay, doesn’t matter. They’re all difficult. But picking the perfect book title? There’s a lot of pressure on that one. Being a novelist means I like to use many words. A one-to-five word title can throw me … [Read more…]

I wrote this article originally in 2011, when self-publishing was still new. Time has passed and a lot of things have changed, but I still get the question “Should I self-publish?” a lot. And while things have changed in both parts of the publishing industry, the advice in this column still holds. So with some … [Read more…]

There are days I am overwhelmed with the number of people who want me to give them money, and I don’t mean regular life bills. I mean “experts” who are going to tell me how to sell more books. Who are going to make me a Kindle millionaire or get me 300,000 followers on Twitter … [Read more…]

You probably think this is going to be a big ole rant about texting, hashtags, emojis, etc. It isn’t. Yes, those things have changed how we communicate with each other, but I don’t think more casual in our casual conversation is a bad thing. And I don’t think they are really changing writing as in … [Read more…]